In articles like this we always hear how expensive and slow our broadband is. Are there any good sources comparing the real cost of broadband internationally?

In articles like this we always hear how expensive and slow our broadband is. Are there any good sources comparing the real cost of broadband internationally? When I was a kid in Germany you had to pay a fee to have a phone and local calls were not free. You also had to pay a fee to have a TV or radio and there were no private stations. Although both the phone and broadcast industry have completely changed I'd like to know what the real total cost is once you add up fees and taxes for countries with larger government involvement in daily life than the US. Of course our local monopolies act similar to the government run in other countries and sometimes do a poorer job of it.